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i saw this firsthand, i went down to help out with katrina thing in september. it's weird. because you are dealing with people that lost everything and it's kind of hard to imagine that if you haven't done it yourself. basically, you know, she's looking at her curtains here, she probably hand-stitched those things. maybe they have been hanging there the last 5 or 6 years. everything in the house is wrecked, photos, keepsakes, it's a tough thing. and people deal with this kind of stress in different ways. we as disaster workers, we see it all the time. but we have a word we use, professional. we try to be professional around people that have suffered a loss like this because they don't want us to come -- you don't want to go into somebody's house and be joking and having a good time. it's unprofessional. when you are dealing with somebody who has a loss like this, just think of the word professional. that's what we try to do. this sort of body language here, she's trying to comfort here, do you think she's buying it? not with that body language. she's not really buying it. s
i saw this firsthand, i went down to help out with katrina thing in september. it's weird. because you are dealing with people that lost everything and it's kind of hard to imagine that if you haven't done it yourself. basically, you know, she's looking at her curtains here, she probably hand-stitched those things. maybe they have been hanging there the last 5 or 6 years. everything in the house is wrecked, photos, keepsakes, it's a tough thing. and people deal with this kind of stress in...
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so the fact that one thousand five hundred seventy seven people died in new orleans from hurricane katrina that was all by design folks let's call a spade spade a. because it's apparent the religious conservative right in this country has been completely hijacked by leaders like mcternan who use religion to rationalize their extremely offensive speech and it's not ok it perpetuates bigotry intolerance and ignorance. and that is why this self-appointed biblical scholar john mcternan is our villain of the day. so if you like what you see so far go to our youtube channel and youtube dot com slash bring us that and subscribe check out our facebook page at facebook dot com slash break in the set and follow me on twitter at abi martin stay tuned to hear about the state of our democracy in the path toward a real change but activist david swanson next you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so poorly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know. welcome to the big picture. le
so the fact that one thousand five hundred seventy seven people died in new orleans from hurricane katrina that was all by design folks let's call a spade spade a. because it's apparent the religious conservative right in this country has been completely hijacked by leaders like mcternan who use religion to rationalize their extremely offensive speech and it's not ok it perpetuates bigotry intolerance and ignorance. and that is why this self-appointed biblical scholar john mcternan is our...
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. >> katrina, new york, florida. >> reporter: bringing hem to those in need. >> providing supplies to the clients and getting around will be difficult. >> reporter: this is mike's first big trip to a disaster. >> when i get to new york i'll check in, contact my point of contact and get an assignment. >> reporter: which is simple shelter and feed those who need it. as they pack up and say good- bye pringle doesn't want his wife to worry too much. >> he's done it a few times i'm responsible for training him. >> reporter: the trip takes about 3 days to get to new york and they could stay there for as long as 2 weeks. reporting from burlingame cbs 5. >> giants fans are basking in the series win. wait till you hear how much those pieces of confetti cost. are." a strong opening for the new disney film, "wreck-it ralp" and superstorm sandy may hae helped. schools in the storm zone were closed frid, to the . >>> superstorm sandy may have helped. schools in the storm zone were closed friday and parents took kids to the movies to distract them. flight starring denzel washington second place for
. >> katrina, new york, florida. >> reporter: bringing hem to those in need. >> providing supplies to the clients and getting around will be difficult. >> reporter: this is mike's first big trip to a disaster. >> when i get to new york i'll check in, contact my point of contact and get an assignment. >> reporter: which is simple shelter and feed those who need it. as they pack up and say good- bye pringle doesn't want his wife to worry too much. >> he's...
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fema trailers which housed people for months, and in some cases years, after katrina. back to you. >> all right, dan. >>> disturbing images still out there. we've been seeing the long unprecedented lines at gas stations all over the areas of devastation after hurricane sandy. and gas shortages could make getting to the polls tomorrow a challenge to voters inside the storm zone. abc's alex perez joins us from hasbrouck heights, new jersey. with the very latest on that critical situation. good morning, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, elizabeth. it's bright and early. and check this out. there's already a long line of cars waiting to get to the gas station down the street. but this station here, like so many others, they're completely tapped out from those trying to get their generators running but help from the federal government could not come soon enough. overnight, the relief's slowly rolling in. fema gas distribution tankers already at ten centers across new york and new jersey. others urge residents to finally fill up. the federal agency has delivered 8 millio
fema trailers which housed people for months, and in some cases years, after katrina. back to you. >> all right, dan. >>> disturbing images still out there. we've been seeing the long unprecedented lines at gas stations all over the areas of devastation after hurricane sandy. and gas shortages could make getting to the polls tomorrow a challenge to voters inside the storm zone. abc's alex perez joins us from hasbrouck heights, new jersey. with the very latest on that critical...
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yeah i mean this is i mean i remember i lived in new orleans not during hurricane katrina but before that i remember people saying oh this is like a third world country and i was just going i of course it does this is how many many people in this country live. in public housing out in the rockaways people are stuck on thirteenth fourteenth floor apartments with no elevators in some cases elderly and disabled people who can't get up and down stairs very well and. their neighbors are the only ones who bring them soup the red cross in some cases i'm ali and john the full reported showed up at the end of the day with a whole bunch of egg salad sandwiches which is anybody who's ever had themselves in which no they don't keep very long. so yes is that the impact this disaster is absolutely. effected by race and class we knew that we knew that was going to be how it was and we were talking about where it crosses the marshaling of people that i. know they know who our for the with they know where the red cross is has upstaging locations that know where even is and they know it's their neighb
yeah i mean this is i mean i remember i lived in new orleans not during hurricane katrina but before that i remember people saying oh this is like a third world country and i was just going i of course it does this is how many many people in this country live. in public housing out in the rockaways people are stuck on thirteenth fourteenth floor apartments with no elevators in some cases elderly and disabled people who can't get up and down stairs very well and. their neighbors are the only...
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gerri: you know, somebody today wrote that in the wake of sandy, new jersey and new york were a cold katrina. i believe that it was -- i thought that was a fantastic ." but now, really, all eyes, and i want you to get to this c'mon ohio. everybody is wondering what will happen in ohio. extensive polling. people thinking seriously about where the southern part of the state will go, where the northern part will go. can romney capture the areas that are largely coproducing to act when you look at ohio, what counties will you be watching to mark? what do you think will happen? >> rather than counties got three big cities and counties that surround them. one is cleveland, the democratic stronghold. obviously columbus and cincinnati, which is more republican. at the end of the day here, this is a state that has a tendency to switch. you have to remember that governor casey won the governorship. george w. bush won the presidency back again in 2004 in ohio. it is the bellwether. it's not just -- everybody always wants to say no republican has ever won -- well, no democrat has ever won either. can be
gerri: you know, somebody today wrote that in the wake of sandy, new jersey and new york were a cold katrina. i believe that it was -- i thought that was a fantastic ." but now, really, all eyes, and i want you to get to this c'mon ohio. everybody is wondering what will happen in ohio. extensive polling. people thinking seriously about where the southern part of the state will go, where the northern part will go. can romney capture the areas that are largely coproducing to act when you...
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president clinton built up fema, the bush administration took it apart and then paid the price after katrina, and this president put it back up again and what not political people in, and it is paying off this week, it really is paying off. >> colby? >> it also draws a sharp contrast between the two candidates. here you have president obama citing fema as the vehicle to coordinate the federal effort, and you had mitt romney last year on the campaign saying he would get rid of fema, he would turn the responsibilities back to the states, showing no appreciation for the role that fema place. >> this is a nightmare for political candidate romney. >> it is, especially if you are going after swing votes, woman voters in ohio, the so-called waitress a vote. they want a president who will care for them and be a guardian. this is an ad for a president who worries about you. it is terrible for romney. it stopped his momentum. maybe the polls or all wrong and romney is going to win anyway, but if you looking at the polls right now, obama has got it. >> did ghani have momentum, was that republican --rom
president clinton built up fema, the bush administration took it apart and then paid the price after katrina, and this president put it back up again and what not political people in, and it is paying off this week, it really is paying off. >> colby? >> it also draws a sharp contrast between the two candidates. here you have president obama citing fema as the vehicle to coordinate the federal effort, and you had mitt romney last year on the campaign saying he would get rid of fema,...
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>> because katrina was -- the magnitude of katrina in terms of what it represented nationally was not specific to a neighborhood in new york. overall the reaction to sandy has been -- jon: so the president is not -- i mean he's the president to all the people. what does it matter if the story hit in queens -- >> the media is focused in that particular case on the story of one woman. by the way i don't even know what party bloomberg is. he's an independent. are they trying to make bloomberg look bad because he's left or right? >> they are trying to make bloomberg look bad because he's not the president, he's the scapegoat, he's taking the fall. hurricane sandy was new york city, it was new york state, it was new jersey who probably got the biggest hit of all and yet again there is not the kind of agonizing anguished coverage anderson cooper parked in new york two years after the storm to talk about how terrible bush was. >> why did chris christie get such favorable coverage? he was it because he was a republican. >> he got good coverage because he was praising obama. >> the only reason
>> because katrina was -- the magnitude of katrina in terms of what it represented nationally was not specific to a neighborhood in new york. overall the reaction to sandy has been -- jon: so the president is not -- i mean he's the president to all the people. what does it matter if the story hit in queens -- >> the media is focused in that particular case on the story of one woman. by the way i don't even know what party bloomberg is. he's an independent. are they trying to make...
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, the formaldehyde ligand trailers purchased for katrina victims to live in. and now it is becoming more and more clear hurricane sandy may well be another example of the government blowing it. it's a staten island resident had a same complaints residents of new orleans had seven years ago. where is fema when we need them. other problems that liberal bureaucracy huggers like to ignore. according to a new analysis from the heritage foundation, fema dollars after all taxpayer dollars look more and more like a goody bag, honeypot for presidents to raise. think of them as a political porkbarrel spending agency because that is unfortunately what it has become. the disaster declarations are on the rise. reagan had 28 per year on average. unr nine under bill clinton. obama, 153. he takes the cake. heritage foundation rates to put th in perspective in somewhere in america in 2011 disaster occurred every day and a half. so strong it required the intervention of the federal government because each of these disasters overwhelm the state and the local government. don't mi
, the formaldehyde ligand trailers purchased for katrina victims to live in. and now it is becoming more and more clear hurricane sandy may well be another example of the government blowing it. it's a staten island resident had a same complaints residents of new orleans had seven years ago. where is fema when we need them. other problems that liberal bureaucracy huggers like to ignore. according to a new analysis from the heritage foundation, fema dollars after all taxpayer dollars look more...
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so with the same giant pumps used to bail out new orleans after hurricane katrina, belmar, new jersey is returning the favor. >> get this water out of our town and back in the atlantic. >> reporter: belmar mayor said sandy swept his town over seven city blocks. what sandy did not flood she basically trashed. >> now we're in a recovery phase, getting the water out. at the same time we have heavy machine engineer that's moving the debris. >> reporter: the streets are being cleared. the sand trap left behind is being erased. >> we're trying to get power to the laundromat. >> reporter: nobody has electricity so the mayor had charging stations installed. >> council is receiving distribution. >> reporter: he's running the distribution center that's providing warmth and food that some people in bell hard have. >> what's it took at home right now? >> my home is cold. my brothers are hungry. >> as you go out into belmar with your assigned duty. >> reporter: everybody here has a job. >> i make grill cheese sandwiches. >> reporter: the mayor is telling restaurants to open and give their food awa
so with the same giant pumps used to bail out new orleans after hurricane katrina, belmar, new jersey is returning the favor. >> get this water out of our town and back in the atlantic. >> reporter: belmar mayor said sandy swept his town over seven city blocks. what sandy did not flood she basically trashed. >> now we're in a recovery phase, getting the water out. at the same time we have heavy machine engineer that's moving the debris. >> reporter: the streets are being...
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announcement set up the potential return of fema trailers like those used in the wake of hurricane katrina and used not without a lot of controversy. >>> gas lines hours long stretched through the weekend across the tri-state area. in some cases, stations using gas-powered generators to pump fuel out of the ground. it could be several more days before the country's fuel shortage is resolved. in new york city where 145,000 residents still without power. yesterday's marathon was canceled. that happened for the first time in 40 years. but it didn't stop hundreds of runners from doing the right thing, showing up where the race was supposed to begin in statin ilan. instead of a marathon, they ran a relief effort, jogging through neighborhoods to help dig out debris and offer supplies and good for them. i actually went to staten island on saturday, myself, got a firsthand look. you jump on the staten island ferry, catch the s-78 bus. if you want to help, they could use a lot of hands. it is absolutely wiped out. the first thing you notice is the neighborhood coming together. people literally emp
announcement set up the potential return of fema trailers like those used in the wake of hurricane katrina and used not without a lot of controversy. >>> gas lines hours long stretched through the weekend across the tri-state area. in some cases, stations using gas-powered generators to pump fuel out of the ground. it could be several more days before the country's fuel shortage is resolved. in new york city where 145,000 residents still without power. yesterday's marathon was...
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katrina was a different circumstance and especially here. when you have an area that has more resources, slightly better economy, you are able to bounce back faster than places that are not that way. >> gretchen: what about governor christie? he came out and many people were upset with him only the republican side that he seemed to be so favorable to the president's response and they wondered if he was still actually even backing mitt romney? >> one of the things that we all love about chris christie is that he's overexuberant about everything. in his criticism of president obama, we could watch that and go, ooo, that was good one. but when he praises somebody, he's also overhuman being rant. he's doing what he's supposed to fort governorship. i don't think that anyone should read into it. however, if you are republican and you are concerned and turning your head, why did he do that? it should give you great comfort that romney made the right decision on his vice presidential choice in paul ryan. >> brian: right. mitt romney also credited go
katrina was a different circumstance and especially here. when you have an area that has more resources, slightly better economy, you are able to bounce back faster than places that are not that way. >> gretchen: what about governor christie? he came out and many people were upset with him only the republican side that he seemed to be so favorable to the president's response and they wondered if he was still actually even backing mitt romney? >> one of the things that we all love...
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if you look at a storm, even a storm as great as katrina, which was obviously devastating to an entire region and probably greater in terms of its impact than the current storm, you did see it in the numbers during the one quarter in 2005, but the rebound was extremely quick. you can barely see the affect of the storm in gdp numbers after that. the one nice thing about our economy it tends to recover quite quickly. >> do you agree with that? what's your take. on top of everything you have this gas problem as well. everyone wanting gasoline and unable to fwet it. >> yep. my mother-in-law is out in new jersey. she got her power back on thursday. i was happy that she was okay. i think just the way we do the numbers has goofy implication that your house gets knocked down. you rebuild a new one. you are no better off than you were before bit counts as an increase to the gdp because they are counting the part you are doing right now, not what was already there. >> what about the infrastructure the story? governor cuomo last week said when new york rebuilds it will rebuild better s. this an o
if you look at a storm, even a storm as great as katrina, which was obviously devastating to an entire region and probably greater in terms of its impact than the current storm, you did see it in the numbers during the one quarter in 2005, but the rebound was extremely quick. you can barely see the affect of the storm in gdp numbers after that. the one nice thing about our economy it tends to recover quite quickly. >> do you agree with that? what's your take. on top of everything you have...
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by comparison, when a half million without power in the south five days after hurricane katrina. some relief for those in manhattan, new york city mayor michael bloomberg promising that most of the burroughs power will be returned by midnight tonight. but any progress on that frnt has been severely undercut by long lines agin -- attestations the new york governor saying he signed an executive order waiving a requirement that fuel tankers register and pay taxes before unloading insisting his order we will help get gasoline to consumers faster. it is estimated that two-thirds of gasoline stations in new jersey and new york are not in business right now. however, it is little comfort for people stuck for long hours in long lines to with no guarantee that they will get gas at the end of that line. but some people, at least some are beginning to dry. this is a very serious and frustrating matter for literally millions of people in this region. turning now to benghazi, almost two months after the terrorist attack that killed four americans, the cia has released a new timeline, a timeli
by comparison, when a half million without power in the south five days after hurricane katrina. some relief for those in manhattan, new york city mayor michael bloomberg promising that most of the burroughs power will be returned by midnight tonight. but any progress on that frnt has been severely undercut by long lines agin -- attestations the new york governor saying he signed an executive order waiving a requirement that fuel tankers register and pay taxes before unloading insisting his...
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megyn: i want to ask about the hurricane katrina comparison. we all know how it played out for president bush. that's after the break. [ male announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. it has more of 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day men's 50+. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink that's a food, woooooh! [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. could've had a v8. >> we've been out here for too long. >> we have no water. megyn: that was mayor bloomberg getting confronted unexpectedly by some very angry residents of new york who are clearly dissatisfied with the way this is being handled. lou dobbs is back with me. it is not limited to the local level, and there is a question. even the president obama seems to have gotten a bit of a lift from the
megyn: i want to ask about the hurricane katrina comparison. we all know how it played out for president bush. that's after the break. [ male announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. it has more of 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day men's 50+. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but...
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katrina happened in the second term, and they just are not as responsive. good folks leave. so the test for this president is given the conditions of the country, how do i get the best people in here and probably shake up my team and be responsible to some of the criticism i have received. in the second term you have a chance to make your mark. the president is smart enough to know that he's not at this stage going to be remembered as a great president. if he wants to be remembered as a great president, not just the first african-american president, he has to take it to the next level in the next term. >> all right. always an honor to have you here. thank you very much. >> you'll get over that. i promise. >> up next, our final state of the day in the spin, and i hear there's some big changes. people want to change their maps again. we have a big show for you live from democracy plaza as "the cycle" rolling on for monday, november 5th. kornacki says it sounds orwelian. i say i love america. >>> time for your business entrepreneurs of the week. cath lynn bailey and susan cade
katrina happened in the second term, and they just are not as responsive. good folks leave. so the test for this president is given the conditions of the country, how do i get the best people in here and probably shake up my team and be responsible to some of the criticism i have received. in the second term you have a chance to make your mark. the president is smart enough to know that he's not at this stage going to be remembered as a great president. if he wants to be remembered as a great...
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it is clear from hurricane katrina and hurricane sandy this is a passing slow incompetent bureaucracy utterly overwhelmed it in new orleans. what it does to president obama we as a nation need to demand a very, very dramatically over hauled department. as to obama's situation i think he probably peaked about three hours after chris christie you go hugged him. he looked bipartisan looked like the commander-in-chief. he was doing the president's job not the candidate's job. it is accelerated by this absurd comment about the revenge. i am sure the president will take it back as he could. it is so jarringly destructive and i think it sent such a bad signal to most americans about how small minded and mean spirited president obama was capable at times. >> i was stunned at the revenge comment. mitt romney hit the right cone said no i am running for the american people. let me run this again. i want to run them side by side. it is so glaring the difference. you can see in their closing arguments here the president is on the attack trying to energize his base. mitt romney is appealing to inde
it is clear from hurricane katrina and hurricane sandy this is a passing slow incompetent bureaucracy utterly overwhelmed it in new orleans. what it does to president obama we as a nation need to demand a very, very dramatically over hauled department. as to obama's situation i think he probably peaked about three hours after chris christie you go hugged him. he looked bipartisan looked like the commander-in-chief. he was doing the president's job not the candidate's job. it is accelerated by...
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. >> if there was an election on george bush election eight dice after katrina he would have seen a different outcome. it was not preordained this would work in obama's favor. it's the way he handled the storm and reassured people and has not let problems fester and worked with fema, reformed fema, and christie and cuomo to get help to people as quickly as possible. even though it's still not reaching everyone. hugo can speak to that. >> i just think it's strange to hear the republicans talking about excuses for not winning the day before the election. i mean, it really is -- i mean, there's going to be a lot of talk after the election obviously, depending on who wins, about why they blew it. >> they believe in preemption. the reality is, they're trying to gin up the excuse now to figure out after what you think may happen after that storm of obama blows through, but i think it speaks to this enthusiasm thing. look, i'm a minister. i do a lot of wedding vows that are renewed. you never have the same enthusiasm as you're ru nug the vows as when you're married. but -- >> the lights are on. i me
. >> if there was an election on george bush election eight dice after katrina he would have seen a different outcome. it was not preordained this would work in obama's favor. it's the way he handled the storm and reassured people and has not let problems fester and worked with fema, reformed fema, and christie and cuomo to get help to people as quickly as possible. even though it's still not reaching everyone. hugo can speak to that. >> i just think it's strange to hear the...
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they are much better agency than showed up here for katrina. and the federal government both this president and the congress and i was a part of leading the team to help create a stronger, more robust fema. it's not perfect. i might want to add that it's much better. it's not the only central agency that has to show up. agriculture has to show up. energy has to show up. hud has to show up. and unfortunately, carl, just a few months ago the republican leadership in congress stripped all of the money out of those accounts and left only money in fema. thank goodness there is money in fema. it was a really unfortunate move. >> a lot of discussion about that over the past few days. one discussion that keeps coming up now, senator, is the degree to which the jersey shore, lower manhattan, are going to have to do big engineering infrastructure projects sort of like the levees had to be redone in new orleans. what are you hearing on that front? >> i think absolutely. i haven't yet had a conversation personally with mayor bloomberg but i intend to and o
they are much better agency than showed up here for katrina. and the federal government both this president and the congress and i was a part of leading the team to help create a stronger, more robust fema. it's not perfect. i might want to add that it's much better. it's not the only central agency that has to show up. agriculture has to show up. energy has to show up. hud has to show up. and unfortunately, carl, just a few months ago the republican leadership in congress stripped all of the...
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new york city mayor michael bloomberg is comparing the storm's impact to hurricane katrina. he says as many as 40,000 people were left homeless by the storm though that number is worst case scenario. public schools in new york and new jersey are hoping to return students to some sense of normalcy. some cools will reopen today and others possibly by wednesday. people are still waiting in line for hours to get gas. the defense department has set up stations in the new york city areaway 10-gallon limit. -- some schools will reopen today. >>> some breaking news from the sandy storm zone. a small earthquake has struck in northern new jersey. the u.s. geological survey says the 2.0 uake hit at 1:19 this morning in ridgewood, new jersey. some residents reported hearing a lot boom when the quake struck but for reports of damage this morning. >>> coming up next, changes are coming to d.c.'s speed camera fines. >> the mayor makes a move to lower what drivers will pay but the battle to make them even lower is not over just yet. fox 5 morning news is back in a moment.
new york city mayor michael bloomberg is comparing the storm's impact to hurricane katrina. he says as many as 40,000 people were left homeless by the storm though that number is worst case scenario. public schools in new york and new jersey are hoping to return students to some sense of normalcy. some cools will reopen today and others possibly by wednesday. people are still waiting in line for hours to get gas. the defense department has set up stations in the new york city areaway 10-gallon...
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. >> i think a lot of people look and think, wait a second, after hurricane katrina the price of gas went up, but that's because that storm struck in a different region of the country. >> well, yes indeed. 25% of the nation's refining capacity is on the gulf coast. katrina was a category 5 storm which meant refineries near the coast took a lot more wind, a lot more water, although sandy was properly named a super storm, it didn't have the sustained wind that we see on the gulf coast with a category 5, and so you didn't have anywhere near the damage to the production facilities. but what makes the new york area, new jersey, new york, connecticut so complicated, matt in, terms of the supply system is you don't have that many refineri refineries. therefore you rely on pipelines and ports, and the ports took quite a bit of damage. you couldn't get barges and ships in there right away. >> right. >> the refineries weren't too badly damaged, but the pipeline was also shut down for a while because it exits on the water. >> let me ask you this then as someone who knows the industry and the de
. >> i think a lot of people look and think, wait a second, after hurricane katrina the price of gas went up, but that's because that storm struck in a different region of the country. >> well, yes indeed. 25% of the nation's refining capacity is on the gulf coast. katrina was a category 5 storm which meant refineries near the coast took a lot more wind, a lot more water, although sandy was properly named a super storm, it didn't have the sustained wind that we see on the gulf coast...
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fema is as much a failure now as it was at the time of katrina. i do not understand why there is not enough water in new york. all you have to do to get water to new york is put it on an airplane and fly it to kennedy air pour. all you have to do to get more generators it put it on an airplane and fly it to kennedy airport. you will you make sure you have enough gasoline is have a plan to get gas to new york. obviously they didn't preplan for the water. they didn't preplan for the generators. they didn't preplan for the gasoline. the answer is they didn't preplan. what do we have fema for if not for preplanning. the president getting all the credit, the minute he got dread and -- credit and pat on the back. same situation as benghazi. he loses focus. goes back to campaigner in chief rather than commander-in-chief. bill: this was you on friday night. westchester, ohio, southwestern part of the state. i was at the rally when i heard you say the following about president obama. >> he told us he would resign if he did this poorly. do you remember that
fema is as much a failure now as it was at the time of katrina. i do not understand why there is not enough water in new york. all you have to do to get water to new york is put it on an airplane and fly it to kennedy air pour. all you have to do to get more generators it put it on an airplane and fly it to kennedy airport. you will you make sure you have enough gasoline is have a plan to get gas to new york. obviously they didn't preplan for the water. they didn't preplan for the generators....
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announcement set up the potential return of fema trailers like those used in the wake of hurricane katrina. gas lines hours long stretched through the weekend across the tri-state area. in some cases stations are now using gas-powered generators to pump the fuel out of the ground. new york governor andrew cuomo says it could be several more days before the region's fuel shortage is resolved. in new york city, where 145,000 households are still without power, yesterday's marathon, of course, as we mentioned, was canceled for the first time in 40 years. that didn't stop, though, as we mentioned at the top of the show hundreds of runners from showing up where the race was supposed to begin in staten island, hit hard there, instead of a marathon, they literally ran a relief effort. jogging through neighborhoods to help dig out debris and offer supplies. and willie, you spent some time on staten island over the weekend as well. >> yeah, i went down on saturday. i went over there. i hopped on the staten island ferry, caught the s-78 bus. these are some of the pictures i took. they're not profess
announcement set up the potential return of fema trailers like those used in the wake of hurricane katrina. gas lines hours long stretched through the weekend across the tri-state area. in some cases stations are now using gas-powered generators to pump the fuel out of the ground. new york governor andrew cuomo says it could be several more days before the region's fuel shortage is resolved. in new york city, where 145,000 households are still without power, yesterday's marathon, of course, as...
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and krugman -- paul krugman's column today is all about the response between sandy and katrina and just laying out there saying -- you know, big government isn't the enemy. you know. he quotes the old ronald reagan line where reagan got cheers. i'm from the government. i'm here to help. >> stephanie: rude, chris christie proved obama's point better than anyone ever could have that he has always been bipartisan. has always reached you know, across the aisle to help anybody who will work with him. >> yep. that's one of the missing narratives from this campaign. >> stephanie: it blew romney's whole closing argument. like that scene in "brute almighty" -- "bruce almighty." >> someone in the chat room said we have a chris christie like character and that would be alan grayson. that's a very good point. >> yeah. if we could get the right to stop, you know, stop trying to swat him down every time that he gets some traction. >> stephanie: yeah. exactly. oh, that's just -- that's just rude. >> stephanie: a lot of these -- he's up against a tea bagger. he's going to win. we're having jim on today
and krugman -- paul krugman's column today is all about the response between sandy and katrina and just laying out there saying -- you know, big government isn't the enemy. you know. he quotes the old ronald reagan line where reagan got cheers. i'm from the government. i'm here to help. >> stephanie: rude, chris christie proved obama's point better than anyone ever could have that he has always been bipartisan. has always reached you know, across the aisle to help anybody who will work...
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at the high end it makes it the fourth most costliest behind katrina, 9/11 and hurricane andrew. with the final tally still months away the total costs impacted in how soon the power and transportation grids are back to normal. the sooner they are the lower the final price. as for the firms covering the claims, earnings will take a hit but analysts say the industry is well reserved to cover sandy with over $500 billion in capital the industry has funds to pay, its premium increases over the last year and decline in catastrophe claims helped to bulk up their financial profile. the storm's impact a negative hit to fourth quarter results so after it may help lift profits by getting insurers cover to raise premiums. morgan stanley is expecting to see sandy cut earnings by 26%. deutsche bank expects chub, travelers and allstate to see sandy cut shareholders equity by 2%. aig says it's auto eartoo early say. travelers and chub making no comment on potential losses for now but like all the others, they have adjusters fanned out across the northeast to reach clients. state farm says as o
at the high end it makes it the fourth most costliest behind katrina, 9/11 and hurricane andrew. with the final tally still months away the total costs impacted in how soon the power and transportation grids are back to normal. the sooner they are the lower the final price. as for the firms covering the claims, earnings will take a hit but analysts say the industry is well reserved to cover sandy with over $500 billion in capital the industry has funds to pay, its premium increases over the...
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information on the portal, the fema housing portal that we developed in partnership with fema after katrina. we knew it would be important in large scale disasters. and we already have nearly a thousand homes for rent. click an the fema housing portal from our website and you can get access to that. we've also been working on identifying particular units available to seniors or other who may have medical service needs as well and those will be absolutely critical resources going forward. we are also beginning to focus on the longer term process of rebuilding. i spoke to some families that were already asking what resources are there to rebuild. obviously craig has talked about the importance of registering with fema. we've already seen over 160,000 families register. that's critical. we also want to make sure families know first of all they'll be safe while they think about their rebuilding. i've directed all f.h.a. lenders to impose a more torme on foreclosers in disaster areas. we don't want families to be victimized twice once by the storm and twice by the foreclosure. we want to make su
information on the portal, the fema housing portal that we developed in partnership with fema after katrina. we knew it would be important in large scale disasters. and we already have nearly a thousand homes for rent. click an the fema housing portal from our website and you can get access to that. we've also been working on identifying particular units available to seniors or other who may have medical service needs as well and those will be absolutely critical resources going forward. we are...